Gas range



Aug. 22, 1933. R. B. HURT 1,923,981

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GAS RANGE Filed Oct. 12, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 22, 1933UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GAS RANGE Application October 12, 1932.Serial No. 637,561

6 Claims.-

This invention relates to improvements in gas ranges and moreparticularly to an improved burner housing unit therefor.

The invention seeks, among other objects, to

provide a unit wherein, when the cover thereof flush with the cover topreserve the continuity of the top surface of the range.

Other and incidental objects of the invention will appear during thecourse of the following description.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a range with my improved unitmounted thereon, parts being broken away to more clearly illustrate thedisposition of the unit,

Figure 2 is a tranverse vertical sectional view through the unit,showing the cover open,

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the cover closed, and

Figure 5 is a detail section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2. Referring nowmore particularly to the drawings, I have shown a gas range at 10 havingan oven 11 below which is a broiler compartment 12, the oven beingprovided with a flat top 13. Certain of the upstanding frame bars of therange are indicated at 14 and extending from front to rear between saidframe bars are angle bars 15 which support the improved unit of thepresent invention. It may be stated at this point, however, that theburner housing unit may be supported and secured within the range in anyother approved or convenient way. In the present instance, a cupboard 16is provided beneath said unit.

As particularly shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, my improvedunit comprises a rectangular sheet metal body or box having a bottomwall 17 and side walls 18 provided at their rear ends with inturnedflanges 19 between which is spot welded a back wall 20. The front of thebody is open and upstanding from the bottom wall 17 is a flange 21 whileflanges 22 extend inwardly from the side walls 18. Secured to theflanges 22 is a face plate 23 having flanges 24 abutting the flanges 22,the face plate being apertured to accommodate the controls of theburners housed within the unit.

Extending inwardly from the side walls 18 of the body, at their upperedges, are flanges 25, best seen in Figure 2, and bolted or otherwisesecured to these flanges therebeneath is a rectangular reinforcing frame26, preferably formed of angle iron. The frame is preferably an integralstructure and the front and rear end bars 27 and 28 of said frame extendacross the front and rear ends of the body so that the upper end portionof the body is rigidly braced by the frame. Overlying the rear end bar28 of said frame is an upstanding cover-carrying member or strip 29. Asparticularly seen in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, this strip isformed from a single piece of sheet metal bent into channel shape. Oneflange 30 of said strip is straight and. overlies the back wall 20 ofthe body, being secured to said back wall and to the rear end bar 28 ofthe frame 26 by bolts or other suitable fastening devices. The other orforward flange 31 of the strip 29 is bent at right angles to provide aforwardly projecting rest 32 which seats flat against the forwardlyprojecting flange of the end bar 28 and is bolted or otherwise securedto such flange.

Formed in the rest 32, at points transversely spaced of the body, arenotches 33, best seen in Figure 2, and seating at their forward endsupon the rail 2'7 of the frame 26 and at their 'rear ends upon the rest32 are the companion sections of a. removable grate 34 provided, as seenin Figure 3, with depending lugs 35 extending through said notches. Theouter longitudinal lips of the grate sections overhang the flanges 25 ofthe body to rest thereon so that the grate sections are firmlysupported. It has been deemed unnecessary to show burners arrangedwithin the unit as said burners form no part of the present invention.

Formed in the upstanding portion of the flange 31 of the strip 29, nearthe ends thereof, are notches 36, and extending across said notcheswithin said strip, are plates 37 secured, as seen in Figure 5, to saidflange by bolts 38. Opposite these bolts, the flange 30 of the strip isprovided with openings 39 so that access may readily be had to the nutsof said bolts, the nuts lying within the strip. Spot welded to theplates 37, at the notches 36, are the rear leaves 40 of suitable hinges41. The hinge leaves 40 project through the notches 36 slightly abovethe strip 29 and these hinges are provided with companion hinge leaves42 adapted to lie within the notches.

At this point it is desired to direct particular attention to thepeculiar character of the covercarrying strip 29. The long straightflange 30 of this strip which extends down at the rear end of thehousing unit and is anchored to the end bar 28 of the frame 26 willprevent the strip from being wrenched loose and tilted forwardly, suchas might otherwise ensue by reason of the repeated opening and closingof the cover. The flange 31 of the strip will not only brace the stripagainst forward tilting movement, by reason of the fact that the rest 32of said flange seats flat against and is anchored to the end bar 28 but,for such reason, will also anchor thestrip against rearward tiltingmovement such as might be caused by the cover when raised to openposition. A secure and reasonably perman'ent mounting is thus providedfor the cover.

Swingingly supported by the hinges 41 is a sheet metal cover 43 providedwith depending side and end flanges 44. The hinge leaves 42 are boltedor otherwise fixed to the rear end flange of the cover and suitablyconnected to the front end flange is a knob 45. Swingingly connected toone side flange of the cover is a stop bar 46 which projects freelythrough a suitable slot in the adjacent side flange 25 of the body,between the contiguous side bar of the frame 26 and the 1 cover is swungto open position, this bar will limit the cover in its opening movementand sustain the cover in such position. When the cover is closed, saidcover will, as particularly seen in Figures 1 and 4, close the unit sothat the grate 34 as well as any burners within the unit will becompletely hidden. Furthermore, the cover, when closed, willsymmetrically conform to the outline oi! ,the range to present a vPreterablya. back plate 48 is to extend longitudinally .otthe range, atthe. back thereof to overlie the ship 29 and thus complete the neatappearance of the range.

assass Having thus described the inventicm, I claim:

1. In a range, a burner housing unit including a body, a cover-carryingstrip straddling the angle between the top of the body and the rear endthereof, and a cover carried by said strip and normally closing thebody.

2. in a range, a burner housing unit including a body having a backwailand side walls, a reinforcing bar extending between the side wallsadjacent the back wall, a cover-carrying strip straddling the anglebetween said bar and the back wall and anchored to said bar and the backwall, and a cover hingedly connected to said strip and normally closingthe body.

3. In a range, a burner housing unit including a body having side wallsand a back wall, a reinforcing bar extending between the side wallsadjacent the back wall, a channel shaped covercarrying strip having aflange anchored to the back wall and another flange anchored to saidbar, and a cover carried by said strip and normally closing the body.

4. In a range, a burner housing unit including a body having side wallsand a back wall, a reinforcing bar extending between the side wallsadjacent the back wall, a channel shaped covercarrying strip having aflange anchored to the back wall and another flange bent at an angle toform a rest seating upon said bar and anchored thereto, a grate engagingsaid rest, and a cover carried by said strip and normally closing thebody overlying said grate.

' 5. In a range, a burner housing unit including a body, a channelshaped .cover-carrying strip fixed to the body at the rear thereof, oneflange of said strip being provided with notches and the other flange ofsaid strip being provided with openings opposite said notches, platesextending across the notches within the strip,

means securing said plates in position and accessible through saidopenings, hinges having corresponding leaves'thereof flxed to saidplates and opposite corresponding leaves thereof adapted to lie in saidnotches, and a cover carried by the latter leaves of the hinges andnormally closing the body- 6. In a range having an oven provided with atop wall. a burner housing unit mounted adjacent the oven, acover-carryins'strip fixed to said unit, and a cover swinginglyconnected with said strip and movable to closed position overlying saidunit and lying substantially flush with said top wall and said strip.

[ L. 5.] ROBERT BAILEY HURT.

